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EN AC-46500 Aluminum vs. AWS E219

EN AC-46500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AWS E219 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-46500 aluminum and the bottom bar is AWS E219.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 74
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.0
17
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 270
690

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 520
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 100
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
15
Density, g/cm3 2.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.6
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 1030
160

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 49
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 41
3.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 77.9 to 90
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
19 to 21.5
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 4.0
0 to 0.75
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
58.6 to 67.4
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.050 to 0.55
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
8.0 to 10
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.75
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.55
5.5 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 8.0 to 11
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 3.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0